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Can't get my Powerbook G4 to charge 573 Views / 1 Replies  
Hi all,

My powerbook is behaving very strangely. Firstly the charging light would occasionally go off, and eventually stopped coming on at all (ie not charging). I assumed the charger had gone,...
Posted by lau_lau_lau, on Jun 4, 2006 at 03:48 AM, in Mac Notebooks
iPhoto editing 540 Views / 2 Replies  
Hi there.

I've had the latest iPhoto ever since it came out, but until now, never used the cool editing feature. I thought I'd give them a shot tonight, so I got a couple of photos that I thought...
Posted by lau_lau_lau, on Aug 3, 2005 at 05:54 PM, in Applications
A happy post script to this incident: I checkd... 1,692 Views / 31 Replies  
A happy post script to this incident: I checkd the house insurance, and it turns out that accidental damage cover was taken out for my powerbook. I was over the moon! Their computer company who deals...
Posted by lau_lau_lau, on May 7, 2005 at 03:35 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Hehe, yeah. I live in Nottingham, and there's a... 1,692 Views / 31 Replies  
Hehe, yeah. I live in Nottingham, and there's a very friendly Apple centre in the centre of town (quite unusual to have such a nice one in the UK) so I'll probably take it down on the weekend. Ah...
Posted by lau_lau_lau, on May 4, 2005 at 12:36 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Thanks irus and haktooy. It looks like thats what... 1,692 Views / 31 Replies  
Thanks irus and haktooy. It looks like thats what I'll do then. Annoyingly, the LCD screen is one of the ones that had white spot problems, and I was going to wait until University was finished in...
Posted by lau_lau_lau, on May 4, 2005 at 12:18 PM, in Mac Notebooks
... 1,692 Views / 31 Replies  
Thanks for the replies guys. Irus and betasp, what do you mean by 'part it out'? Also, if it is fried for ever :cry: is there any way to recover the stuff on my hard disk? This really, really...
Posted by lau_lau_lau, on May 4, 2005 at 11:49 AM, in Mac Notebooks
I spilt a drink into my powerbook! Help! 1,692 Views / 31 Replies  
Uh oh....

I was playing around in logic last night, very tired, and accidentally knocked my glass of water over onto my beloved TiBook. I saw it fall over as if in slow motion, i saw the water...
Posted by lau_lau_lau, on May 3, 2005 at 11:52 AM, in Mac Notebooks
... 1,298 Views / 29 Replies  
As far as I know, isn't there a list of sort of 'approved' common kanji, about 1900 of them, that are in common use, which newspapers and the like try to stick to (and I think there's a law that if...
Posted by lau_lau_lau, on Nov 21, 2004 at 08:46 AM, in macOS
... 1,298 Views / 29 Replies  
Thanks very much! The 'reverse conversion' is exactly what I was looking for. And that j-talk online dictionary (both kanji and normal J-E/E-J) will come in very handy as well. Thanks again! I'll...
Posted by lau_lau_lau, on Nov 20, 2004 at 12:52 PM, in macOS
Japanese in Mac OSX 1,298 Views / 29 Replies  
hello all,

I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this, and it's sort of a shot in the dark because I don't even know if anyone here will use it, but I've got a query regarding Japanese...
Posted by lau_lau_lau, on Nov 19, 2004 at 05:06 PM, in macOS
1 iPhoto question, 1 DVD player question (both simple) 550 Views / 5 Replies  
hey all! anyway, i have two simple questions:

*is it possible to make an album in iPhoto 'private'? either by having a password, hiding it, or something so that some photos can remain private.
...
Posted by lau_lau_lau, on Sep 9, 2003 at 03:27 PM, in Applications
my new powerbook 10 days on: questions, niggles + good stuff 811 Views / 5 Replies  
wellthe 867 tibook is probably old news to most people, but it's my first ever mac and i'm loving it to bits! performance is excellent (as fast as if not faster than my sister's 1.2 Ghz dell) and mac...
Posted by lau_lau_lau, on Sep 7, 2003 at 04:44 PM, in Mac Notebooks
mine took a week and a half... i ordered it on... 579 Views / 5 Replies  
mine took a week and a half... i ordered it on the weekend, but the order didnt go through til monday (credit card company wouldnt authorise til they could speak to cardholder) then it was delivered...
Posted by lau_lau_lau, on Sep 7, 2003 at 02:45 PM, in Mac Notebooks
thanks very much for the help! couldn't get it to... 815 Views / 5 Replies  
thanks very much for the help! couldn't get it to work for a while, til i realised i needed to turn off the automatic preview of images in the icon. thanks again!
Posted by lau_lau_lau, on Sep 4, 2003 at 01:52 PM, in GUI Customization
newbie question on transparency in icons... 815 Views / 5 Replies  
hey all. just got my powerbook last weeks, and love it to bits, it's fantastic. i downloaded snes9x and and enjoying some of my old favourites on it. thing is, the icon is of an american style snes,...
Posted by lau_lau_lau, on Sep 1, 2003 at 03:08 PM, in GUI Customization
"some of the most shameless Mac use i've seen in... 1,014 Views / 12 Replies  
"some of the most shameless Mac use i've seen in entertainment is on the show 24, where they use unadulterated Macs, including showing the OS unaltered"

surely thats a good thing?

anyway, i've...
Posted by lau_lau_lau, on Aug 19, 2003 at 03:02 PM, in Mac Notebooks
ME TOO!!! 2,500 Views / 31 Replies  
I JUST ORDERED MY POWERBOOK AS WELL!!!!!!!!! i'm so happy! in the end, i went with the 867 Mhz - my current desktop is only 650 Mhz so i'll notice a jump over that which is all that metters to me! i...
Posted by lau_lau_lau, on Aug 16, 2003 at 12:52 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: Re: another ram question... 750 Views / 11 Replies  
neither! i'm going to go for the TiBook, i have come to the conclusion that its even better looking (not that this is the main reason) than the Alu books: for the same reason i wear retro 80s nikes...
Posted by lau_lau_lau, on Aug 8, 2003 at 06:01 PM, in Mac Notebooks
another ram question... 750 Views / 11 Replies  
i have a slightly different question, but as its to do with powerbook ram its probably appropriate here.

this is a very newbie-esque question, but is it okay to have 768mb of ram where 256 is...
Posted by lau_lau_lau, on Aug 8, 2003 at 03:09 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Buying a 15 TiBook: It's Crunch Time 1,673 Views / 23 Replies  
hey all. after what seems like years of waiting for apple to update to a 15 AlBook, I am ready to give in and order a TiBook. I want to have one last stand though, and so my question is this: what is...
Posted by lau_lau_lau, on Jul 26, 2003 at 11:54 AM, in Mac Notebooks
what uni are you going to? some include cover for... 1,953 Views / 44 Replies  
what uni are you going to? some include cover for your room, including laptops, and if not, it is possible to put it on your parent's house insurance for a little extra every month. i'm going to...
Posted by lau_lau_lau, on Jun 12, 2003 at 12:43 PM, in Mac Notebooks
...and slowly going blind. 2,100 Views / 24 Replies  
...and slowly going blind.
Posted by lau_lau_lau, on Jun 8, 2003 at 09:57 AM, in Mac Notebooks
i know you're not serious, but it's likely the... 2,100 Views / 24 Replies  
i know you're not serious, but it's likely the alcohol would be poisoned slightly so as not to attract high import duties (ame as meths) so...... NO!
Posted by lau_lau_lau, on Jun 6, 2003 at 01:35 PM, in Mac Notebooks
the placid casual, do you mean the education... 2,574 Views / 36 Replies  
the placid casual, do you mean the education store discounts? or have you got a secret source of even better discounts? :eek:
Posted by lau_lau_lau, on Jun 6, 2003 at 06:26 AM, in Mac Notebooks
no matter how many people buy macs, only... 5,625 Views / 101 Replies  
no matter how many people buy macs, only americans can use iTMS. :(
Posted by lau_lau_lau, on Jun 3, 2003 at 09:49 AM, in Mac Notebooks
ymmv? thanks for the advice, i may end up... 980 Views / 17 Replies  
ymmv?

thanks for the advice, i may end up picking up a 12" powerbook, although without superdrive - i don't need it for anything.

an alternative plan would be to see if i could pick up a...
Posted by lau_lau_lau, on May 23, 2003 at 03:38 PM, in Mac Notebooks
"And people say high school math isn't... 980 Views / 17 Replies  
"And people say high school math isn't important..."

nonono, you miss my point. i thought the figure quoted by apple could be on the generous side, for some reason. my maths certainly isn't in...
Posted by lau_lau_lau, on May 23, 2003 at 03:20 PM, in Mac Notebooks
pics of new 14" iBook 900 1,710 Views / 9 Replies  
hey all,

the (seemingly) neverending quest to decide which mac portable is right for me continues... i'm now looking for pics of the new iBook 900 14" (having as it has the different plastic case...
Posted by lau_lau_lau, on May 23, 2003 at 03:05 PM, in Mac Notebooks
thanks for the replies! very useful. to see if i... 980 Views / 17 Replies  
thanks for the replies! very useful. to see if i can cope with this screen size, i have conducted The Experiment. basically, i taped two bits of paper over my monitor in the right places to see if i...
Posted by lau_lau_lau, on May 23, 2003 at 01:39 PM, in Mac Notebooks
actual size of a 12" display 980 Views / 17 Replies  
hey all,

i'm still deciding which mac portable to get (i'm a slow thinker okay!) i was thinking of holding out for a 15" AlBook, but reality has kicked in and i've realised if i bought that i'd...
Posted by lau_lau_lau, on May 23, 2003 at 08:24 AM, in Mac Notebooks
i don't have a mac portable, but i agree with... 2,203 Views / 49 Replies  
i don't have a mac portable, but i agree with what cipher13 says. it makes sense: people who have a perfect mac are not going to come to a forum unless they're that type of person who loves mac to...
Posted by lau_lau_lau, on Apr 28, 2003 at 06:08 PM, in Mac Notebooks
i don't think the mac needs to be a gaming... 1,323 Views / 17 Replies  
i don't think the mac needs to be a gaming platform. i mean, the pc is slowly dying as a gaming platform as consoles gain widespread acceptance. i love videogames, but i'm perfectly happy to only...
Posted by lau_lau_lau, on Mar 22, 2003 at 07:22 AM, in Mac Notebooks
hhmmmmm.... technically, couldn't i be a maths... 1,181 Views / 24 Replies  
hhmmmmm.... technically, couldn't i be a maths student who develops in my spare time? hell, for this discount, i'll take up anything!!

by the way, why do americans call it math? it's maths!!
Posted by lau_lau_lau, on Mar 8, 2003 at 03:13 PM, in Mac Notebooks
thanks for the help, Assasyn. i had a bit more of... 1,181 Views / 24 Replies  
thanks for the help, Assasyn. i had a bit more of a nose around the apple site and have found that for worldwide customers, the situation is quite murky and complex (perhaps deliberately so so that...
Posted by lau_lau_lau, on Mar 8, 2003 at 01:41 PM, in Mac Notebooks
wow, this adc pricing looks fantastic! just... 1,181 Views / 24 Replies  
wow, this adc pricing looks fantastic! just wondering if anyne helpful could help out:

*is the programme available for all students? (i will be studying maths)
*i live in the UK, do you think...
Posted by lau_lau_lau, on Mar 8, 2003 at 12:58 PM, in Mac Notebooks
screen size? 6,295 Views / 56 Replies  
Icruise, very informative and interesting review. love the photos, too (every time i see that sleek little number... i want it more! :D ) Just wondering if you could answer a most basic question:...
Posted by lau_lau_lau, on Feb 18, 2003 at 05:40 PM, in Mac Notebooks
 
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